PLANTS Profile for Kalmia microphylla (alpine laurel)

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Kalmia microphylla (Hook.) A. Heller
alpine laurel

Symbol:

KAMI

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Ericaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Shrub

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N

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Photo of Kalmia microphylla (Hook.) A. Heller

William & Wilma Follette. USDA NRCS. 1992. Western wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. West Region, Sacramento. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.

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Kalmia microphylla (Hook.) A. Heller

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Synonyms:
Kalmia microphylla (Hook.) A. Heller

	KAMIO	Kalmia microphylla (Hook.) A. Heller ssp. occidentalis (Small) Roy L. Taylor & MacBryde
	KAMIO2	Kalmia microphylla (Hook.) A. Heller var. occidentalis (Small) Ebinger
	KAOC	Kalmia occidentalis Small
	KAPOM3	Kalmia polifolia Wangenh. ssp. microphylla (Hook.) Calder & Roy L. Taylor
	KAPOO	Kalmia polifolia Wangenh. ssp. occidentalis (Small) Abrams
	KAPOM2	Kalmia polifolia Wangenh. var. microphylla (Hook.) Rehder

Distribution:
Kalmia microphylla (Hook.) A. Heller


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USA (AK, CA, CO, ID, MT, NV, OR, UT, WA, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NT, ON, YT)

Related Taxa:
Kalmia microphylla (Hook.) A. Heller

View 35 genera in Ericaceae, 7 species in Kalmia

Classification:
Kalmia microphylla (Hook.) A. Heller

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Dilleniidae
Order	Ericales
Family	Ericaceae – Heath family
Genus	Kalmia L. – laurel
Species	Kalmia microphylla (Hook.) A. Heller – alpine laurel

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Kalmia microphylla (Hook.) A. Heller

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

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Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACW,OBL

OBL

FACW+

OBL

FACW

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Kalmia microphylla (Hook.) A. Heller

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 23678.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View 2 propagation protocols from Native Plants Network.

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

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